Dixie Carter is shown backstage speaking about the closing moments of Impact last week, and she says Hulk Hogan never accepted a job. She says she is going to speak with him today, and she will get to the bottom of things and get a decision. After that, Bobby Roode comes to the ring with a group of security guards, and he says everyone who wanted him fired can kiss his ass. He says Impact is nothing without him, and he accomplished his goals at Victory Road by beating Sting mentally and physically. Roode says he got Sting to step down as GM, and he tells Dixie she got hers for getting involved in his business. Roode says he doesn't even need to be here because he only needs to show up at Lockdown and defend his championship against James Storm. He says he considers this to be an unsafe working environment and the police with him are for Storm's safety, not his.

Roode says Storm asked for a fight instead of a wrestling match, so he is going to fight him at Lockdown and prove once and for all that he is the better man. He calls himself the 'it' factor and tells Storm he doesn't need any luck to be as good as he is, then Storm comes to the ring and Roode tells the police to cut him off. Storm says Roode is supposed to be a man, but he isn't much of one for putting his hands on a woman, and he says everyone saw what happened to his lawyer. Storm says Roode is hiding behind 'mall cops', but he says he's not there to steal a shirt, he just wants to kick Roode's ass. He tries to get through but Bully Ray runs out and hits him, then Storm comes back and clears him from the ring while Roode runs away. Storm screams at them to come back, then he challenges them to a match and Bully and Roode agree, saying it will be a two on one fight.

Gail Kim is talking to Madison Rayne in the locker room and she says that their relationship has been rocky the past few weeks, but she has something to change that. Gail hands her a box, and Madison opens it and sees a tiara, then Gail tells her she will always be a queen in her eyes. They hug and Gail puts it on her, then she says Madison will have no problem beating Velvet Sky in her match tonight.